Research material concerning untrained artists, 1984-1986.

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Research material concerning untrained artists, 1984-1986.

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Research material on untrained artists, including photographs, an interview with Mike Carpenter, a documentary about J.B. Murray, and a letter from Nasisse to Howard Finster. Included are twenty-one artists' files containing photographs of untrained artists and their works of art. The artists include: E.M. Bailey, Brother Joseph Zoetl in Alabama, Tessie Carroll, Chief Rolling Mountain Thunder (Frank van Zant), Emanuel "Litto" Damonte, S.P. Dinsmoor, Sam Doyle, John Ehn, Howard Finster, Laura Pope Forrester, Dilmus Hall, Irene Hall, Bessie Harvey, J.B. Murray, Grandma Tressa Prisbrey, Dow Pugh, R. Rice, Royal Robertson, St. EOM (Eddie Owens Martin), James "Son Ford" Thomas, and Mose Tolliver. Also included are a copy of a letter from Nasisse to Howard Finster, 1985, discussing Finster's first dealer, Jeffrey Camp, and offering his advice to limit production of his work; four photographs of the "Desert View Tower," Jeff McKissack's "The Orange Show," the "Milkovitch Beer Can House," and miscellaneous works; an untranscribed audio cassette interview of Mike Carpenter conducted by Nasisse; and a videocassette, J.B. Murry: A Video Documentary of an Artist and His Work (1985) produced by Nasisse, containing many of Murray's paintings and drawings, as well as his comments on his art and visions. [Murray was known also as J.B. Murry; Nasisse titled the video accordingly.].

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Pugh, Dow, 1906-

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Doyle, Sam, 1906-1985

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Thomas, Son, 1926-1993

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Nasisse, Andy S., 1946-

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Ceramic sculptor and instructor; Athens, Ga. Nasisse is an assistant professor in the art department at the University of Georgia, and has been visiting untrained artists and photographing their art and environments since the 1970s. From the description of Research material concerning untrained artists, 1984-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80271386 ...

Hall, Dilmus, 1900-1987.

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Carpenter, Miles B. (Miles Burkholder), 1889-1985

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Murry, J. B. (John B.), 1908-1988

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Visionary artist; Athens, Georgia. Birthdate also cited as 1907. Also known as J.B. Murry. Raised in rural central Georgia. Untrained as an artist, he began drawing and painting when disabled in 1975. Although illiterate, he developed his own "script" which he incorporated in his paintings as a visual element (no one can read it). His work has been included in several Southern exhibitions of Black isolated artists. From the description of J. B. Murray drawing...

Forrester, Laura Pope.

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Hall, Irene Gibson, ca. 1895-1983.

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Irene Hall was an Oklahoman artist who decorated her home with sculptural works she had made with found objects....

Bailey, E. M. Eldren M.

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Rice, R.

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Harvey, Bessie, 1929-1994

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Zoetl, Joseph, 1878-1961

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Damonte, Emanuel, d. 1985.

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St. EOM, 1908-1986

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Rolling Mountain Thunder, Chief, 1911-1989.

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Ehn, John Henry, 1896-1981.

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Tolliver, Mose, 1920-2006

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Dinsmoor, Samuel Perry, 1843-1932

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Carroll, Tessie.

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Robertson, Royal, 1936-1997

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Prisbrey, Tressa

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Finster, Howard, 1916-2001

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Self-taught visionary artist; Georgia. From the description of Howard Finster papers, 1932-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502741 From the description of Howard Finster illustrated letter and cards, [ca. 1981]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122546159 The Reverend Howard Finster emerged from the rural Appalachian culture of northeast Alabama and northwest Georgia to become one of America's most important creative personalities in the last quarter of the twen...